Tuesday, August 07, 2007

A soldier whose house destroyed in a landslide gets assistance from Seva Vanitha

Defence Ministry's Seva Vanitha unit yesterday (August 6) donated rupees 50,000 to Corporal N.K.G. Sirisena of SL army's Gajabha Infantry Regiment to construct a house.

The donation was made by President of the Seva Vanitha unit, Madam Ioma Rajapaksa at the Ministry of Defence, Colombo. The amount donated was the first instalment of the total amount that has been allocated for the soldier's housing construction.

Corporal Sirisena's house which was at Rikillagaskada in Hanguranketha was destroyed due to the landslides caused by torrential rains during the recent past.

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